Reply #502: My personal opinion [View All]

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I think gun owners should be licensed after a period of training and/or testing to ensure that those who own guns know how use and store them.

I think child access prevention laws should be considered at the federal level, so that adults who are careless in their storage of guns, leading to children taking them and inflicting harm on themselves or others, are held responsible to some degree.

I think enforcement of laws should be strengthened, police should be given whatever they need to that end, and punishment for crimes committed with guns should be more severe.

I think gun manufacturers should be required to provide safety locks.

I think background checks for gun sales should be comprehensive (including those between private citizens).

I think the assault weapons ban should have been renewed.

None of that prevents law-abiding, sane, knowledgeable adult citizens from owning guns.